2017 Volvo XC60 spied in Amsterdam

The all-new 2017 Volvo XC60 has been spied in heavy camouflage this week, making its way through the streets of Amsterdam.

The new 2017 XC60 has been a long time coming, with the current model first revealed as a concept in 2007 before entering production in 2008. The mid-sized SUV benefited from a facelift in 2014 to tide it over.

As expected, the XC60 will adopt styling elements from the larger XC90 SUV and the new S90/V90 sedan and wagon twins, with Volvo’s familiar pillar-length tail lights and new ‘Thor’s Hammer’ LED lighting at the front clearly carrying over.

Registration data for the prototype shown here reveals that it is powered by Volvo’s four-cylinder turbocharged ‘T5’ Drive-E petrol engine, which, in overseas versions of the larger XC90, offers 185kW and 350Nm.

Above: the recent 40.1 concept that previews the smaller XC40

The new XC60 range will likely include other, less powerful petrol options, along with diesel engines and – as the charging cap-accommodating front-quarter camouflage panel on this prototype reveals – plug-in hybrid models.

Volvo’s new mid-sized SUV is expected to debut this year, with October’s Paris motor show a likely venue.

Watch for more on the new XC60 to surface in the weeks and months ahead.